Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
JUAN ALFONSO AND ADAM ROHRMANN
Pretty Much All of This Happens in Just One Panel
The Timeline panel is where we build our video, edit it, add more clips, add music, trans-
itions, etc. Luckily, it's really pretty easy to learn because you don't have to learn a whole
lot more than this one panel (I keep mine along the bottom of the screen). One Timeline
feature you'll learn more about in just a few pages is the playhead. The playhead (it's that
blue knob with the thin, red, vertical line) moves from left to right as your movie is playing
to show you where you are in the movie. When the movie's not playing, if you want to see
a particular video clip or a particular area of the movie, just drag the playhead to the spot in
the movie where that thing appears and it shows it onscreen. This takes a little bit of getting
used to (it'll catch you a few times where you're just sitting there wondering, “Why isn't
it showing my clip.” When that happens, just look to see where the playhead is—whatever
it's over, that's what's being displayed). But, don't worry, you'll get it.
